Profiles

  

Jason Stern/ CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate

Jason Stern is a senior research associate for CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program. He has a master’s in Middle East Studies from George Washington University and a bachelor’s in government from Cornell University.

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Nataliya Rovenskaya/CPJ Europe and Central Asia Consultant

Nataliya Rovenskaya, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia consultant, previously worked in the Russia program at the Ford Foundation. She completed her graduate studies at Columbia University in international affairs, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Follow her on Twitter @NRovenskaya_CPJ.

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Victor Bwire/CPJ Guest Blogger

Victor Bwire is the deputy chief executive officer and programs manager of the Media Council of Kenya. He is a safety trainer for journalists and can be reached at [email protected].

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Nataliya Rovenskaya/Europe and Central Asia Consultant

Nataliya Rovenskaya, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia consultant, previously worked in the Russia program at the Ford Foundation. She completed her graduate studies at Columbia University in international affairs, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Follow her on Twitter @NRovenskaya_CPJ.

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Yoani Sanchez/CPJ Guest Blogger

Yoani Sánchez is a pioneer in the Cuban blogger community. Time magazine listed her as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2008. In 2009, she received a Maria Moors Cabot citation from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Tom Rhodes and Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Program

Tom Rhodes is CPJ’s East Africa representative, based in Nairobi. Rhodes is a founder of southern Sudan’s first independent newspaper. Follow him on Twitter: @africamedia_CPJ

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Joel Simon and Billie Sweeney/CPJ Staff

Joel Simon was the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists from 2006 to 2021. He has written widely on media issues, contributing to Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Review of Books, World Policy Journal, Asahi Shimbun, and The Times of India. He has led numerous international missions to advance press freedom….

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Nicole Schilit/Journalist Assistance Associate

Nicole Schilit is CPJ’s Journalist Assistance Program Coordinator. She has a master’s in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a bachelor’s in documentary photography from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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Dan Saxon/CPJ Guest Blogger

Dan Saxon is a former senior prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and a former legal adviser to the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry for Syria. This piece reflects the author’s personal views.

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Sherif Mansour/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator

CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour has worked to advocate for democracy and human rights in Egypt. He has a master’s in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a bachelor’s in education from Cairo’s Al-Azhar University.

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